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Gar, thanks! Any sharing is good sharing! My URL is on the image itself on the left border, so anyone…
I don't think the existence of exceptions to a clear general trend, disproves that the trend exists. Interestingly, Mexicans seem…
Mental Floss "Word Nerd" 2025 Calendar January 9: Ampersand "Yes, an ampersand is a punctuation mark, but in the 1900s,…
One argument against the incumbent point: Claudia Sheinbaum was elected President of Mexico, in spite of being the handpicked successor…
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Category Archives: Race, racism and related issues
The Racism in this NRA Video Needs to be Called Out
I’ve seen this video written about in two places, The New York Times and The New Yorker. Neither of them takes on the video’s obvious (to me anyway) dog-whistle (and maybe not even dog-whistle) racism. First, there is the divide-and-conquer … Continue reading →
The Problem with Dog-Whistle Politics and Relying on Technical Deniability
We’ve discussed this before here many times, but John Holbo at Crooked Timber has a post up that’s so astoundingly good I wanted to draw everyone’s attention to it. The post is, “Political Dog-whistles Don’t Have An Off-Switch For The … Continue reading →
Blogging My Summer Classes: Changing Times and Words You’re Not Supposed to Say
My wife and I went last night to a farewell gathering for one of her cousins, who is moving with her husband to California. We were at Bar 13 in Manhattan, a place I havent been to since I gave … Continue reading →
Obama and Pot
David Maraniss‘ forthcoming biography of President Obama reports that in high school and college, Obama not only inhaled, he was a rather intense user. This quote from Penn Jillette is apropos: Do we believe, even for a second, that if … Continue reading →
‘Scuse Me, Great Nations Coming Through
Remember John Derbyshire? Of course you do! He’s the incredibly creepy guy who got fired from National Review Online for writing an incredibly racist screed for an online site frequented by Pat Buchanan and Steve Sailer. Anyhow, Derbyshire may have … Continue reading →
Something Awful
Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit drinking: An unidentified entrepreneur admits he is trying to profit off Trayvon Martin’s death by selling gun range targets featuring the teen who’s death has sparked a nationwide controversy. Although Martin’s … Continue reading →
I Hate This
I hate that this song is still relevant. It shouldn’t be.
Confidential NOM strategy memo: “Provoke the gay marriage base… fan the hostility.”
[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog.] From the Associated Press: The leading national organization opposing same-sex marriage has sought to split the Democratic Party base by pitting African-Americans and Hispanics against gay-rights groups, according to confidential strategy memos made public by … Continue reading →
Alfre Woodard reads Sojourner Truth
This is just a stunningly great reading: TRANSCRIPT MODERATOR: Here, the black abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was freed from slavery in 1827, speaks to a gathering of feminists, in Akron, Ohio, in 1851. ALFRE WOODARD AS SOJOURNER TRUTH: Well, children, … Continue reading →
Analyses of Trayvon Martin’s Murder
Two important pieces on the broader issues behind Trayvon’s death. First, from the Crunk Feminist Collective: In this post- most-racial moment*, we must seriously re-evaluate this narrative of linear historical progress that we are beholden to. No, Black men don’t … Continue reading →
Nobody, LOL! I honestly haven't run into that factoid before.